Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford, MD

  • New York, NY
  • Orthopedic surgeon
NPI1124260799PAC ID1557415171
Medicare services, 2024
10,324
Medicare patients, 2024
428
Part D claims, 2024
209
Publications
7
Clinical trials
1
Practice address
800 Second Ave, New York, NY 10017
Practice phone
Call (212) 867-0609
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Primary practice

SurgiCare of Manhattan

Surgery Center - Medicare-Certified · New York, New York

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Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford is an orthopedic surgeon in New York, New York

Dr. Bedford practices at SurgiCare of Manhattan in New York, New York.

Dr. Bedford's NPI, 1124260799, was assigned on March 29, 2009. Dr. Bedford graduated from University of Rochester Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Bedford holds New York license 246678.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
1557415171
NPI enumeration date
March 29, 2009
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(212) 867-0609
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
48
Medical school graduation
2004

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford practices at SurgiCare of Manhattan in New York, New York

Dr. Bedford's primary practice is SurgiCare of Manhattan, at 800 Second Ave, New York, NY 10017. The practice phone is (212) 867-0609.

  • SurgiCare of Manhattan
    800 Second Ave, New York, NY 10017Phone(212) 867-0609

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Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Bedford's primary practice is SurgiCare of Manhattan in New York, New York. Dr. Bedford is also affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital. The medical group on file is NY Orthopedics. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bedford to 1 more hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

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Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Bedford practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
SurgiCare of ManhattanAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford is one of 1,151 orthopedic surgeons in New York

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Bedford's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Bedford is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dmand AI has Dr. Bedford's licenses on file in 3 states: New York, New Jersey and Alabama.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Orthopaedic surgery, New YorkPrimaryLicense 246678 · 2007 to 2027 · taxonomy 207X00000X
  • New Jersey license
  • Alabama license2009 to 2010

Clinical focus

Dmand AI lists arm, wrist, hand fracture and dislocation, arthritis, broken or dislocated ankle/ or foot, bursitis, chest wall injury, enthesopathy in arms, enthesopathy in foot or ankle and fluid in a joint among the conditions Dr. Bedford treats.

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Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford billed Medicare for 10,324 services in 2024

CMS data shows 10,324 Medicare services from Dr. Bedford across 14 procedure codes in 2024, for 428 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $185,786 for them.

Medicare services, 202410,324
Medicare patients428
Paid by Medicare$185,786
Procedure codes14

Dr. Bedford's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Drugs given in the office
2023: 8,1502024: 8,92910%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 5632024: 64815%
Surgery
2023: 3762024: 41310%
Imaging
2023: 3312024: 3341%

Where Dr. Bedford's Medicare services took place, 2024

  • In an office10,304100%
  • In a facility200%

Dr. Bedford compared with the New York median for orthopedic surgeons, 2024

  • Dr. Bedford
  • New York median
Medicare services
10,324vs 72614.2 times
Medicare patients
428vs 23681% above
Part D claims
178vs 732.4 times

Medians across 1,081 orthopedic surgeons in New York with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Bedford's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford treated 428 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 77

CMS counts 428 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bedford in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 196 patients. 75% of them have arthritis, and 75% have high cholesterol. 6% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.00, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Bedford's median patient age at 39, with 47% women.

Medicare patients, 2024428
Average age77
Average risk score1.00
Also on Medicaid6%

Dr. Bedford's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Bedford's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women29068%
  • Men13832%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Bedford's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. Arthritis75%
  2. High cholesterol75%
  3. High blood pressure60%
  4. Osteoporosis29%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Ischemic heart disease25%
  7. Anxiety20%
  8. Cancer18%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Bedford's patients across all payers

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Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 39

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women47%
  • Men48%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford wrote 209 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Bedford wrote 209 Medicare Part D claims for 120 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 178 of them, across 6 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $736 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 100 claims across 2 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024209
Drugs named by CMS6
Total drug cost$736
Part D patients120

Dr. Bedford's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic207 claims99%
  • Brand-name and other2 claims1%

Dr. Bedford's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Bedford's Part D claims, 2024

  • Opioids20%41 of 209 claims
  • Antibiotics15%31 of 209 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1002024: 17878%

Drugs named by CMS: 6 in 2024, 2 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford scored 81 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 81 out of 100 for Dr. Bedford for performance year 2024, reported individually. Dr. Bedford accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Bedford as offering telehealth. CMS counts 15 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Bedford, more than 55% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Bedford's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 81of 100Final score
  • 61.9of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities
  • 76of 100Cost

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Where Dr. Bedford ranks in Medicare procedure volume

Upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair)
55th percentile15 procedures
Knee replacement
37th percentile11 procedures

CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.

Hip replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Removal of tissue: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)

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Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford has 7 publications on record

Dmand AI links 7 papers to Dr. Bedford, published from 2015 to 2023. 2018 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Dr. Bedford has published most often in Am J Sports Med. Dr. Bedford's most frequent co-authors are Stephen J. Nicholas, MD, Steven J. Lee, MD and John Steven Andrachuk, MD.

Papers7
Years published2015 to 2023

Dr. Bedford's papers by year, 2015 to 2023

Topics Dr. Bedford writes about most

  • Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Dr. Bedford's most frequent co-authors

Recent publications by Dr. Bedford

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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford has worked on 1 clinical trial

Dmand AI links Dr. Bedford to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Pain, Postoperative and Postoperative Complications.

Conditions in Dr. Bedford's trials

  • Pain, Postoperative
  • Postoperative Complications

Investigators on the most trials with Dr. Bedford

  • Stephen J. Nicholas, MD1 shared trial

Recent clinical trials with Dr. Bedford

Sources: Dmand AI Research Linkage; and ClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine)

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford received $117,029 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 461 general payments to Dr. Bedford from 43 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 25% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $60,298.

General payments to Dr. Bedford by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Bedford by kind, 2016 to 2025

$117Kin total
  • Food and beverage$29,13125%
  • Acquisitions$24,97921%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$23,27520%
  • Travel and lodging$20,40317%
  • Other$19,24016%

Companies that paid Dr. Bedford the most, 2016 to 2025

Share is of all general payments to this clinician.

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford graduated from University of Rochester Medical Center

Dr. Bedford graduated from University of Rochester Medical Center in 2004. Dr. Bedford is a member of AAOS.

  1. Medical schoolUniversity of Rochester Medical Center
  2. Board certified in orthopaedic surgeryAmerican Board of Orthopaedic Surgery

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford accepts plans from 13 insurance carriers

Dr. Bedford is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

  • Aetna
  • United Healthcare
  • HCSC
  • Aspirus Health Plan
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Elevance
  • Regence Health Plans
  • +5 more carriersWith a free account

Plan types Dr. Bedford accepts, by number of carriers

  1. PPO8
  2. HMO7
  3. Medicare6
  4. POS3
  5. EPO2
  6. Medicaid1

Source: Dmand AI Insurance Network Data

Sources for Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneDmand AI Affiliation Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemDmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Publications, topics and co-authorsPubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage
Clinical trials and co-investigatorsDmand AI Research LinkageClinicalTrials.gov (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
Insurance carriers and plan typesDmand AI Insurance Network Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's NPI number?

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's NPI number is 1124260799. It was assigned on March 29, 2009, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford?

Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford is an orthopedic surgeon in New York, New York. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Orthopaedic Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 207X00000X).

Where does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford practice?

Dr. Bedford practices at 800 Second Ave, New York, NY 10017. Dr. Bedford's primary practice is SurgiCare of Manhattan in New York, New York. Dmand AI also links Dr. Bedford to 1 hospital, 1 group practice or clinic and 1 home health agency.

What is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Bedford is (212) 867-0609.

What is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's medical license number?

Dr. Bedford holds New York license 246678, one of the licenses on file in 3 states.

Which states has Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford been licensed in?

Dmand AI has state licenses on file for Dr. Bedford in New York (2007 to 2027), New Jersey and Alabama (2009 to 2010).

Which hospitals is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford affiliated with?

Dr. Bedford is affiliated with Lenox Hill Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Bedford to 1 more hospital.

What medical group is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford part of?

Dr. Bedford is linked to NY Orthopedics.

Does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Bedford billed Medicare for 10,324 services in 2024, and Dr. Bedford accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Bedford as offering telehealth services.

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What is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford's MIPS score?

Dr. Bedford's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 81 out of 100, reported individually.

How many Medicare patients does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford see?

CMS counts 428 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Bedford in 2024, with an average age of 77.

Is Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford board certified?

Yes. Dr. Bedford is board certified in orthopaedic surgery by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery.

What services does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Bedford's most billed Medicare services were injected or infused drug (J7331), injected or infused drug (J1100) and office visit, established patient (99213).

Where did Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford go to medical school?

Dr. Bedford graduated from University of Rochester Medical Center in 2004.

What drugs does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Bedford's most prescribed drugs by claims were Meloxicam, Tramadol HCl and Methylprednisolone.

Has Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $117,029 in general payments to Dr. Bedford from 43 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Arthrex, Inc.

How long has Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford been practicing?

Dr. Bedford graduated from medical school in 2004, 22 years ago.

Does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford do research?

Dmand AI links 7 publications to Dr. Bedford, published from 2015 to 2023. Dr. Bedford has worked on 1 clinical trial.

Who does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford publish with?

Dr. Bedford's most frequent co-authors are Stephen J. Nicholas, MD (3 shared papers), Steven J. Lee, MD (2 shared papers) and John Steven Andrachuk, MD (1 shared paper).

What insurance does Dr. Benjamin B. Bedford accept?

Dr. Bedford is in network with 13 carriers, including Aetna, United Healthcare and HCSC. PPO plans come from the most carriers, 8. Check the plan with the practice before a visit.

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